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Sasfin integrates Synthesis Finsurv reporting into its new Calypso suite

Featured on the Intelligent CIO

When Sasfin, an independent banking and financial services group based in Johannesburg, needed to ensure continued compliance with the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Finsurv reporting regulations it deployed Synthesis tXstream Finsurv. The benefits of this mission-critical solution have included automated compliance support, more efficient reporting processes and increased accuracy.

Why Partnerships are key

Alan Sheehan of Calypso Technology explores the three different options set out by ISDA for managing the combination of independent amount and regulatory initial margin and explains why the simplest approach operationally is likely to work out more expensive for the posting party.

Mexico COE opening event

The opening of the Calypso Center of Excellence for the Americas in Mexico City was marked last week by a launch event followed by a cocktail reception.

Single source of trade data needed to futureproof regtech

Featured on Bobsguide Insights

In the 2019 bobsguide Rankings announced in November 2019, Calypso ranked top for both regulatory compliance and integration with other systems. The rankings are voted for by market participants, and it is the second year in a row that Calypso has enjoyed success in the competition.

To mark these awards, Richard Bentley, Calypso’s Chief Product and Engineering Officer was interviewed by Bobsguide. Unsurprisingly perhaps, given the awards focus, the conversation revolved around the need for a single source of data, held in a unified format, to facilitate reconciliation with the multiple systems used across the trading lifecycle and ensure that these solutions are not just capable of dealing with current compliance obligations, but are future proofed so new waves of regulation can be absorbed without major upheaval.

What effects are we seeing on the market?
With new regulations opening up a veritable Pandora’s box, Alan Sheehan discusses the current landscape of collateral management and touches upon how technology can come into play in unlocking opportunities.

The great disruptors in treasury management

Hear about today’s great disruptors in treasury management and how Calypso is helping to resolve them in this Bobsguide interview with Richard Bentley, Calypso’s chief product & engineering officer and Michael McCaw, Bobsguide editor

Authored by: Synechron & Calypso Team

Creating an enterprise Software as a Service (SaaS) strategy will be key for financial firms carving out their Cloud strategies as part of digital transformation initiatives.

Cost pressures, regulatory requirements, and the need to innovate are key drivers for firms deciding to adopt a cloud strategy, however, it is critical to approach adoption strategically, and with an enterprise view, keeping in mind a long-term roadmap. However, Cloud adoption requires a heavy lift for legacy infrastructure modernization.

Independent valuations are vital to ensuring transactions in OTC derivatives are executed at the best price available. Using Calypso applications, Thomson Reuters Pricing Service offers benefits in terms of scale, accuracy and consistency. Clients can submit almost limitless numbers of derivatives at one time, whilst also being certain of meeting regulatory compliance requirements.

Calypso Technology has been developing blockchain solutions for capital markets for the past two years, cooperating closely with leading industry technology infrastructure companies and end-users. Significant progress has already been made, and Calypso has an aggressive product roadmap to expand the solution further. In this interview, Mayank Shah, Managing Director, Strategy, Transformation and Alliances discusses Calypso blockchain initiatives in more detail.

Calypso Technology pits the viable options for a quick fix against implementing a strategic long-term solution for growth, and investigates the possibility of combining these options for the optimal securities finance.

Featured in Technology Annual Edition 2017-18 of Securities Lending Times

When selecting a new collateral management system, market participants should take a long-term view toward the future. This article explores different deployment options available and what parameters to be considered.

Instinct Business for Les Echoes is featuring the journey of Calpyso Technology and how its innovative spirit has lead the way from a small start-up firm in 1997 to the leading global fintech company it is today. Market challenges have forced the company to continuously re-invent itself, expanding its market segments and services. From its inception, streamlining, efficiency gains and system consolidations have been core to the success and Calypso Technology is now looking at Cloud deployment, data grid and blockchain to leverage the latest technology to continue driving innovation forward.

Margin optimization is an increasingly common pre-trade practice in which market participants replicate the margin models used by their trading partners and CCPs in order to identify the trades with the lowest margin costs. The end result is smarter decision-making, which can translate into tens of millions in annual savings across Initial and Variation Margin for larger firms.

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